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Originally Posted by alphonso
Ahh, I see...And here I was thinking that I'll buy "Mastering Visual Basic 2005" by Evangelos Petroutsos when it won't do me any good...thanks for the tips 
By the way, I've been eyeing the book package of Microsoft entitled the Visual C# Deluxe Learning Edition, but with a tag of about $60...It's a bit heavy on the pocket; anyone there with this book? How is it?
Oh yeah, before I forget: My programming friend says VIsual C# is definitely more powerful thatn Visual Basic 2005...any truth to that? Thanks |
either way, it is a very good thing to have on your resume nowadays, if you don't believe me, try a search on a jobsite like monster.com, lots of jobs out there that want people with VB .NET knowledge.
not sure what you mean by "won't do me any good".
I myself program VB nearly everyday. One example: its good enough to make a information management system for the US Army, which i'm currently taking part in. VB .NET in my opinion is one of the best languages for rapid development. It has come a very long way since the old VB I think many of you are confusing with .NET
For someone who has used both VB .NET and C#, I feel these langauges are way to similar to share the opinions of the other posters above me.
At my place of employment, I hop around between many languages all the time C++, VB .NET, C#, php, actionscript, Java, etc
VB still remains one of my favorite languages to program in and it was the language that I first started programming large-scale software in out of college. When I have just finished writing a program in Java and come back to VB .NET I have a "thank god" feeling. Anyone who has tried to make a GUI programmatically in Java can probably sympathise lol.
VB .NET can create complex apps, our current VB .NET solution contains over 150 projects and millions of lines of code, the back end is very in-depth and contains layers upon layers, its not always "the wimp's langauge" if you get a chance to use it fully.
when you say C# is more "powerful" than VB .NET, I'd say there is very little truth to that, afterall, they both run off the .NET framework.
As for me, I have barely even felt the need to "learn" C# after programming VB .NET for awhile, I was able to hop right over and use C# pretty much instantly, any differences between the languages were overcome with a single google search, and about 2 minutes of reading.
So in my opinion, VB .NET is a great language, to me it doesn't carry that "child's toy" feel to it that many other programmers express it as.
It is a serious language meant for professional development and is used everyday by many companies to do so.
what it is not however,
it is not your portable code langauge, but then again, there are many limitations in .NET in this area.
as for your general system software, its a great langauge to know.
but that's just my opinion